Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on May 5, 2021 are subject to late fees
We are pleased to announce the 34th Cold Spring Harbor meeting on The Biology of Genomes. The 2021 meeting will address DNA sequence variation and its role in molecular evolution, population genetics and complex diseases, comparative genomics, large-scale studies of gene and protein expression, and genomic approaches to ecological systems. Both technologies and applications will be emphasized. There will be a special session on the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of genome research as well as a session dedicated to helping trainees and early career researchers successfully navigate the NIH funding process. The meeting will be held virtually, beginning late morning EST on Tuesday, May 11, and ending late afternoon EST on Friday, May 14, 2021.
| Day | Time (EST) | Session # | Session Name |
| Tuesday |
9:30 am - 12:30 pm |
1 |
Computational Genomics |
| Tuesday |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
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Poster Session* |
| Tuesday |
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
2 |
Evolutionary and Non-Human Genomics |
| Wednesday |
9:30 am - 12:30 pm |
3 |
Cancer and Medical Genomics |
| Wednesday |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
|
Poster Session* |
| Wednesday |
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
4 |
Developmental and Single Cell Genomics |
| Thursday |
9:30 am - 12:30 pm |
5 |
Complex Traits and Microbiome |
| Thursday |
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
6 |
Population Genomics |
| Thursday |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm |
7 |
ELSI Panel and Discussion |
| Friday |
10:00 am- 12:00 pm |
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Guest Speakers |
| Friday |
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm |
|
Poster Session* |
| Friday |
2:30 pm - 5:30 pm |
8 |
Functional Genomics |
| Virtual Icebreaker |
Tuesday, 5:30 pm |
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| Discussion Zone |
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30-minutes following each oral session (open Zoom format) |
*Virtual Poster Session will be available for viewing throughout the meeting
Keynote Speakers:
Michael Elowitz, Caltech
Edith Heard, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Discussion Leaders:
Stein Aerts, VIB and University of Leuven, Belgium
Scott Edwards, Harvard University
Hunter Fraser, Stanford University
Eileen Furlong, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
Kelley Harris, University of Washington
Nicole King, University of California, Berkeley
Ruth Ley, MPI Tuebingen, Germany
Priya Moorjani, University of California, Berkeley
Charles Rotimi, National Institutes of Health
Sohrab Shah, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Amos Tanay, Weizmann Institute, Israel
Fabian Theis, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany
Gosia Trynka, Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
Joanna Wysocka, Stanford University
ELSI Panel Topic: Re-identification in genomics: risks, realities, and remedies
Moderator:
Dave Kaufman, NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute
Panelists:
Bradley Malin, Vanderbilt University
Christi Guerrini, Baylor College of Medicine
Mahsa Shabani, Ghent University, Belgium
Hyunghoon Cho, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University
Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentation will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. Status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our web site as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.
All questions pertaining to registration, fees, abstract submission, or any other matters may be directed to Catie Carr.
We are eager to have as many young people as possible attend since they are likely to benefit most from this meeting. We have applied for funds from government and industry to partially support graduate students and postdocs. Apply in writing to Catie Carr stating need for financial support - preference is given to those submitting abstracts.
This conference may be supported in part with funds provided by: National Human Genome Research Institute
Late Pricing: (registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on May 5, 2021)
Late Virtual Academic Package: $395
Late Virtual Graduate Student Package: $280
Late Virtual Corporate Package: $535
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